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Services

Community Preventive Interventions
Description:
A service that provides preventive interventions with families/groups seeking help for substance abuse issues.
Goals:
To serve as a portal of entry for many people who realize that there is a problem but are not aware of the appropriate next step
Objectives:
-Determine individual/family/group needs
-Provide direct services
-Refer to other appropriate resources/service
Components:
-Assessing needs
-Face-to-face service
-Supportive relationships
-Skill building
-Follow-up services as needed
Target Audience: Families, Communities, Groups
Target Location: Open
Cost: Cost varies; presentation, series, contract options available
Contact person: Joanne Stevenson-Jenkins, MEd

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Community Preventive Interventions * Community and Professional Support Services * Drug Information Line * The Mecklenburg County * Older Adult Services (For Care Givers) * Older Adult Services (For Delivery to Older Adults) * Parent/Family Education * Post Secondary Education * Speakers Bureau * Tertiary Prevention Services

Community and Professional Support Services
Description:
Application of professional, preventive intervention services at the neighborhood, community and/or organization levels.
Goals:
-Intervene in the Community
-Create alliances
-Promote health through consultation
Objectives:
-Participate in neighborhood/community planning
-Establish prevention/education programs
-Leadership training
Components:
-Information and referral
-Task force/services
-Data sharing
Target Audience: Open
Target Location: Neighborhood, Communities, Businesses, Organizations
Cost: Cost varies; Presentation, series contract options available.

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Drug Information Line
Description:
A confidential service, available 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday for purpose of information and referral, short-term and crisis counseling.
Goals:
-Provide accurate alcohol, tobacco, and other drug information to the consumer
-Assist in answering questions related to substance abuse issue and concerns
-Offer crisis counseling
Objectives:
-Provide quality accurate, unbiased information
-Refer people to appropriate level of care and/or with appropriate community resources.
-Track current drug use/activity in the community
-On-call for the media
Components:
Telephone services
Walk-in services
Information and referral
Crisis counseling
Target Audience: Professionals, Non-Professionals, Students
Target Location: Open
Cost: Staff time supported by Mecklenburg County contract
Contact person: Joanne Stevenson-Jenkins, MEd

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Older Adult Services (For Care Givers)
Description:
To offer professional development training on alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) prevention, use/misuse/abuse and addiction in the older population.
Goals:
Disseminate information on alcohol and other substance use and abuse by the older adult population
Objectives:
-Highlight the physiological and psychological aging process as related to chemical dependency.
-Identify signs and symptoms of substance abuse in older adults
-Analyze over-the-counter use in the older adult population
-Define intervention techniques for the substance abuser
Components:
-Chemical dependency/alcoholism in the older adult
-Signs and symptoms of ATOD use
-Misuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs
-Prevention and treatment of ATOD user
Target Audience: Social Workers, Human Services Professionals, Clergy, Nursing Staff, Residential Staff, and any other caregivers
Target Location: Residential Sites, Healthcare Facilities, HomeHealth, HHS Agencies, and corporations
Cost: Cost varies; Presentation, series, contract options available.
Contact person: Helen Harrill MEd CSAPC

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Older Adult Services (For Delivery to Older Adults)
Description:
To offer substance abuse prevention information and awareness programs for older adults.
Goals:
-Provide useable information on alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and other issues related to substance abuse
-Heighten awareness of personal responsibility for health
Objectives:
-Identify methods to use prescription, and/or over-the-counter substances wisely
-Facilitate experiential activities that impact on personal health
Components:
-Using Medicines Wisely
-Productive Visits to the Doctor
-Stress Management
-Exercise As Prevention
-Conflict Resolution
-Enjoying All Our Years
Target Audience: Older Adults
Target Location: Independent Living Facilities, 'Hot Lunch' Sites, Church Groups, Assisted Living Facilities, Senior Centers
Cost: Cost varies; Presentation, series, contract options available
Contact person: Helen Harrill MEd CSAPC

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Parent/Family Education
Description:
Substance abuse prevention/education program (s) for parents, other adult family members, and care providers of children, teens and young adults.
Goals:
Strengthen skills in substance abuse prevention
Improve knowledge and understanding of available resources to ATOD service providers and similar support
Objectives:
-Provide practical,age-appropriate parent/family-oriented ATOD prevention, education resources
-Encourage in-home early education, prevention skills and family-initiated preventive interventions
-Strengthen relapse prevention skills/techniques for families in recovery
Components:
-Age-appropriate information
-Stress management skills for families
-Problem-solving and preventive intervention techniques
-Overview of continuum of care and related service providers in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Target Audience: Families
Target Location: PTA/PTO, Community-based Family Services Centers, Neighborhood Organizations, Faith Institutions and Schools, Childcare/Afterschool Centers, Family Healthcare Providers, ATOD Service Centers
Cost: Cost varies, Consult with Contact person
Contact person: Joanne Stephenson-Jenkins, MEd

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Post Secondary Education
Description:
To provide SA prevention /education to students, faculty, staff, and administration.
Goals:
-Prevent and/or reduce substance use/abuse among post-secondary students
-Improve overall quality of campus life
Objectives:
-Offer review and development of SA policy and practices
-Provide education, referral, resources, and materials
Components:
-SA related talks
-Targeted programs to specific groups including athletes, resident life, campus police, counselors, and student health services
-Consultation on issues related to teaching, research, curriculum
-Collaborative grant development and implementation
-Internship opportunities
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff, Administration
Target Locations: Campus sites or Prevention Services office
Cost: Cost varies; Presentation, Series, Contract options available
Contact person: Karen Simon MBA

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Speakers Bureau
Description:
To disseminate accurate, up-to-date information on substance abuse and strategies for prevention.
Goals:
-Outreach to the Community at-large
-Keep the Community informed
-Provide timely information
Objectives:
-Deliver age- and audience- appropriate information after determination of needs
-Provide opportunity for question and answer session
Components:
-Substance abuse related talks (i.e., signs and symptoms; addictions; stats for Meck. Co.; continuum of care)
-Aspects of SA prevention (self-esteem building, communication skills, stress management, conflict resolution, etc.)
-Continuum of care
Target Audience: Youth, Adults, Professionals
Target Location: General public
Cost: Cost varies; presentation, series, contract options available
Contact person: Anita Turner

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Tertiary Prevention Services
Description:
Education and skill building to individuals, groups, and families for assistance in the process of recovery.
Goals: Relapse Prevention
Objectives:
-Dissemination of age appropriate information
-Relapse prevention education
Components:
-Healthy Living Skill
-Skill building
-Education
-Support Groups
Target Audience: General Population
Target Locations: AfterCare, Half-way Houses, Persons in Transition, Jail Settings
Cost: Costs Varies: Presentation, series, contract options available
Contact person: Joanne Stevenson Jenkins MEd

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